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    Ruth Beckermann
    Die Flaneurin ist nicht nur Titel eines Filmprojekts aus den neunziger Jahren, das leider unrealisiert blieb. Bei Ruth Beckermann spiegelt sich in diesem Motiv auch ihr filmisches Bewegungsmuster wider. Band 29 der FilmmuseumSynema Publikationen hat sich ihrem filmischen Oeuvre gewidmet.
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    The Film Year 2016

    2016 has been a year which has prompted rare approval from critics, festival juries and cinema audiences alike. Take a look back with us at the year of THE DREAMED ONES, TOMCAT, HOMO SAPIENS, SAFARI, MISTER UNIVERSO, BROTHERS OF THE NIGHT and many more
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    TONI ERDMANN takes five major distinctions at EFA 2016

    German-Austrian co-production TONI ERDMANN (co-produced by coop99 filmproduktion) tops its outstanding festival run with five major distinctions: European Film 2016, European Director and European Screenwriter Maren Ade, European Actress Sandra Hüller and European Actor Peter Simonischek. 
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    «Frauenfreundschaft jenseits kultureller Barrieren.»

    Wenn sich ein russischer Oligarch eine Villa an der Wiener Schwedenbrücke in den Kopf setzt, dann werden Wiener Geschäftemacher umtriebig und Frauen, die offene Rechnungen zu begleichen haben, erfinderisch. Elena Tikhonova wagt sich mit ihrem Spielfilm-Debüt KAVIAR ins Komödienfach und lotet die Potenziale russisch-österreichischer Freundschaften aus. Ein Gespräch mit der Produzentin Ursula Wolschlager.
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    «Ich wollte gehörlose Menschen nicht über ihre Andersartigkeit portraitieren, sondern über ihre Kultur.»

    Dariusz Kowalski
    Dariusz Kowalski zeichnet in SEEING VOICES  ein vielstimmiges Portrait der Gehörlosen-Community in Wien, das nicht nur ein Gespür für eine Sprache, die auf der visuellen Ebene funktioniert und für Menschen, die sich durch Gebärden Gehör verschaffen, vermittelt. Seeing Voices verweist auch auf den Stellenwert der Gebärdensprache, dem unser Bildungssystem noch immer nicht gebührend Rechnung trägt.
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    TONI ERDMANN  in the race for Foreign Language Award

    Maren Ade’s TONI ERDMANN on a roll: After sweeping the five major distinctions at the European Film Awards, the German-Austrian co-production was announced to be on the Oscar shortlist for the Foreign Language Award together with eight more candidates.
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    «The great thing is that he doesn't give up.»

    Winfried Conradi misses his daughter, a successful businesswoman, so he pays an impromptu visit to her in Bucharest. In TONI ERDMANN German filmmaker Maren Ade creates a splendidly subversive romp; Peter Simonischek and Sandra Hüller provide memorable performances in the leading roles – both honored with the European Film Award 2016. A conversation with Peter Simonischek.
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    Busy November: 124 festival participations and a couple of awards ...

    Patric Chiha, Stephan Richter, Händl Klaus and Valentin Hitz are the award winners of the busiest festival month of the year.
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    «I experienced the sensation of being in a glass bell jar.»

    Tereza Kotyk
    In her debut feature film HOME IS HERE Tereza Kotyk examines the more or less unfathomable inner worlds of her protagonists, depicting people who are searching for themselves and never encounter one another. World premiere: Tallinn (First Feature Competition)
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    European Film Awards 2016: TONI ERDMANN nominated in all main categories

    Maren Ade’s TONI ERDMANN, co-produced by Vienna based coop99 filmproduktion, is the only contender nominated in all five main categories: European Film 2016, European Director, European Actress (Sandra Hüller), European Actor (Peter Simonischek), and European Screenwriter (Maren Ade). We keep fingers crossed until December 10 in Wroclaw!
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    Hubert Sauper is the first winner of the newly established Werner Herzog Award

    Hubert Sauper
    From 2016 on, the Werner Herzog Foundation ist planning to honor a special achievement in innovation, courage, and vision in the art of cinema. The jury agreed unanimously on the first Werner Herzog Award laureate – Hubert Sauper for his disquieting documentary on Sudan WE COME AS FRIENDS.
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    «The idea of not being permitted to die.»

    Valentin Hitz
    Valentin Hitz’s Hidden Reserves imagines a world where private life has been pervaded by technology and society sharply divided into rich and poor. A world where the human body is exploited for data storage even after natural death. However, in this world drained of mutual trust, color and emotion, which prefers to entrust life and death to insurance companies, a hidden potential for resistance is beginning to appear. An interview with director Valentin Hitz and producer Oliver Neumann.
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    «We created an effect that was half realistic and half fantastic.»

    Virgil Widrich
    World premiere of NIGHT OF A 1000 HOURS at the Busan Flash Forward competition:  Real and imaginary worlds, as well as the present and the past, are interwoven in Virgil Widrich's new film, creating a technically very ambitious, cheerfully nostalgic thriller about the return of the dead and ideas which refuse to die.
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    «Young people from every generation have to perform their own "land grab".»

    Dieter Berner
    At Zurich and Busan: Dieter Berner's EGON SCHIELE – DEATH AND THE MAIDEN portrays the emerging artist as mirrored by the women who were so crucial to him during the years of his artistic breakthrough and  throughout the historic convulsions of the early 20th century.
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    «Die Zerrissenheit zwischen Instinkt und Vernunft ist ein Thema, das sich durch den ganzen Film zieht.»

    In ihrem ersten Film Talea arbeitete Katharina Mückstein erstmals mit Sophie Stockinger zusammen. So gut, dass sie auch ihren zweiten Film L’Animale mit der jungen Schauspielerin als Protagonistin drehen wollte. Vier Jahre später verkörpert diese nun in L’Animale die 18-jährige Mati, die sich nach einer Jugend am Land plötzlich von allem lösen und neu finden will. Ein Gespräch mit Sophie Stockinger.
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    «Katharina Mückstein hat eine sehr klare Autorinnen-Handschrift.»

    Nach Talea (2012) hat Katharina Mückstein erneut einen Spielfilm mit Sophie Stockinger als Protagonistin entwickelt. In ihrem neuen Film L'Animale steht Mati, eine 18-jährige, im Mittelpunkt, deren Leben nach einer unspektakulären Jugend am Land plötzlich neue Richtungen einschlägt. Die Dreharbeiten wurden im September 2016 abgeschlossen. Ein Gespräch mit den Produzenten Michael Kitzberger und Flavio Marchetti.
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    Four Austrian films at the 41st TORONTO film festival

    Shortly after world premiere in Venice, Locarno or Sarajevo Ulrich Seidl’s SAFARI, Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel’s MISTER UNIVERSO and Lukas V. Rinner’s A DECENT WOMAN are moving onto  their North-American Premiere at the TIFF. Ruth Beckermann’s THE DREAMED ONES is part of the festival’s Wavelengths-selection.
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    «Why does someone kill when there’s no need?»

    Ulrich Seidl
    In SAFARI Ulrich Seidl goes on the trail of European hobby hunters as they stalk big game in Africa, and in the vast expanses where the natural world is unlimited he captures a  thoughtful portrait of domination and mortality.
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    ONE OF US pre-selected by European Film Academy

    The European Film Academy has announced its first list of fiction films recommended for nomination for the European Films Award 2016. ONE OF US, the feature debut of Stefan Richter, is among the 50 contenders vying for EFA in twelve categories. German-Austrian co-production TONI ERDMANN is also in the race.
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    MISTER UNIVERSO picks up five awards at Locarno

    The new film by Tizza Covi & Rainer Frimmel has impressed juries and film critics alike and brings in no less than FIVE awards:
    • Special mention in the Leopardo competition,
    • Special mention by the jury of the Ecumenical prize
    • Second Prize of the Junior Jury
    • FIPRESCI Prize and
    • Europa Cinema Label
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    North American premieres at the 41st Toronto Film Festival

    After their recent world premieres in Venice, Sarajevo or Locarno SAFARI by Ulrich Seidl, A DECENT WOMAN by Lukas Valenta Rinner and MISTER UNIVERSO by Tizza Covi & Rainer Frimmel are set to meet with the North American audience, together with Ruth Beckermann’s THE DREAMED ONES. German-Austrian co-production TONI ERDMANN screens within Special Presentations.
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    «We live in a period when we tend to isolate ourselves.»

    Lukas Valenta Rinner
    Austrian filmmaker Lukas Valenta Rinner has been a long time observer of Argentinian society and its widening gap between rich and poor. A DECENT WOMAN confronts two secluded communities, a wealthy gated settlement and a nudist/swingers club right next door, subtly and slowly tracing the rise of tension that inevitably leads to the final showdown
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    SAFARI by Ulrich Seidl at the 73rd Venice film festival

    Ulrich Seidl traces the eerie paths of European hunting tourists in Kenya. SAFARI, „a vacation movie about killing“, will screen Out of Competition.  Two more films (co-)produced by Austrian companies will be on the Venice schedule: CINEMA FUTURES by Michael Palm (Venice Classics) and THE EREMITES by Ronny Trocker (Orizzonti).
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    «Tairo had the talent to do the wrong thing at the right time.»

    Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel
    MISTER UNIVERSO is set to tame Locarno's Golden Leopard: Tizza Covi & Rainer Frimmel's new film enters the force field between a lion tamer and a former Mr Universe.
    A filmic journey guided by iron muscles and lucky charms.
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    A GERMAN LIFE is part of the EFA Documentary Selection 2016

    A GERMAN LIFE is among the 15 European documentaries recommended for nomination for the European Film Award 2016 by the ten most renowned European documentary festivals.A GERMAN LIFE by Christian Krönes, Florian Weigensamer, Roland Schrotthofer and Olaf S. Müller is the portrait of a unique witness of the 20th century – 105-year-old Brunhilde Pomsel, secretary of Joseph Goebbles, during the Nazi regime.
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    «A story that can’t be trusted.»

    Luz Olivares Capelle
    The universe Luz Olivares Capelle has managed to create and deconstruct consistently is both carefree and eerie. FOREST OF ECHOS is the Austrian contribution to the platform for young filmmakers FUTURE FRAMES, which has been initiated by the European Film Promotion organisation and will  present ten young talents at the 51st Karlovy Vary festival.
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    «Einfach anders und weniger vorhersehbar.»

    Für DIE MIGRANTIGEN haben sich sich drei Österreicher – einer mit iranischen, einer mit ägyptischen und einer mit serbischen Wurzeln – zusammengetan, um aus eigenem Erfahren eine Geschichte mit satirischem Hintergrund zu schreiben. Die Dreharbeiten zu Arman T. Riahis erstem abendfüllenden Spielfilm sind abgeschlossen. Ein Gespräch mit  den Produzenten Arash T. Riahi und Karin C. Berger.
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    Barbara Eder among the 10 Women Film-
    makers to Watch at Sydney

    Barbara Eder
    The EFP together with Variety seek to highlight Europe’s promising female directors during the upcoming Sydney festival (June 8-19). 10 WOMEN FILMMAKERS TO WATCH showcases a wide array of young women filmmakers  – polyglot as the continent itself.
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    «Die Leute haben sich getraut und sie wollten auffallen.»

    Das Wien des späten Rokoko und der dämmernden Aufklärung stellt das farbenreiche Setting für Barbara Alberts neuen Film LICHT. Eine spannende Herausforderung für Veronika Albert, die erstmals einen Kinospielfilm mit historischen Kostümen ausgestattet hat.
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    «Wie ein positives Zurückkommen»

    Sigmund Steiner
    Der Filmemacher Sigmund Steiner ist selbst auf einem Bauernhof groß geworden. In HOLZ ERDE FLEISCH reflektiert er über die sich wandelnde Bindung an Boden und Besitz. Nach dem Großen Diagonale-Preise wurde sein Langfilmdbüt beim DOK.fest München mit dem Viktor Dok.deutsch ausgezeichnet.

    «.... a humane, hilarious triumph», Variety

    Enthusiastic and unanimous: international reviews on Maren Ade's TONI ERDMANN, German-Austrian co-production by Komplizen Film and coop99 filmproduction vying for Palme d'or
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    69th Cannes festival: Austrian touch on Palme d'or contender TONI ERDMANN

    There’s an Austrian touch on the German competition entry TONI ERDMANN by Maren Ade which is co-produced by Vienna based coop99 filmproduktion.  Peter Simonischek plays the male lead as a father who unexpectedly barges into his daughter's professional life.

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    Jessica Hausner is part of the UN CERTAIN REGARD Jury 2016

    Austrian director Jessica Hausner, Un Certain Regard contender in 2014 with Amour Fou, will be part of the UN CERTAIN REGARD JURY 2016 along with Marthe Keller (president), Diego Luna, Ruben Östlund and Céline Sallette
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    «Özge doesn't talk things to death: she acts and reacts.»

    Stefan Ruzowitzky
    Since his Academy Award for The Counterfeiters in 2008, Stefan Ruzowitzky has directed two action thrillers in the US. He is currently shooting relentless combats on the bridges over the Danube and action-packed car chases along the Vienna Ring Road. His new project DIE HÖLLE involves a young female taxi driver with Turkish roots in a duel with a serial killer and braces the audience for unprecedented tempo in an Austrian action movie.
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    «The baby actually becomes an object like a car or a house.»

    Maria Arlamovsky
    Maria Arlamovsky's FUTURE BABY questions and reflects on the options and bounderies of reproductive medicine.
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    FOREST OF ECHOS selected by Future Frames 2016

    The European Film Promotion has announed its FUTURE FRAMES-selection 2016:
    FOREST OF ECHOES by Maria Luz Olivares Capelle is the Austrian entry to this initiative that sets a focus on the very young European directing talent.
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    Toronto HotDocs with FUTURE BABY by
    Maria Arlamovsky

    Maria Arlamovsky
    Women and men longing for parenthood is a highly promising market. The options offered by science advance much faster than society has time to adapt to the ethical challenges coming along with. Maria Arlamovsky’s FUTURE BABY invites us to discover what is possible now and to question ourselves how far we’d be ready to go in the future.
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    «You can't get away from her perspective.»

    Brunhilde Pomsel, 103 years old when the film was made, was the secretary of Joseph Goebbels. The documentary film A GERMAN LIFE by Christian Krönes, Florian Weigensamer, Roland Schrotthofer and Olaf S. Müller presents this unique witness of the 20th century at Nyon – Visions du Réel.
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    «Genre film has always been a passion of mine.»

    Dominik Hartl
    In Dominik Hartl's ATTACK OF THE LEDERHOSENZOMBIES alpine ski chalet madness and a fancy snowboard photo-shooting mutate into a bone-chilling showdown on the ski slopes. Read more
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    «Einen einmaligen Moment wie die Oscar-Zeit muss man auch auskosten.»

    Patrick Vollrath
    Ein Gespräch mit Patrick Vollrath, der im letzten Jahr mit seinem Kurzfilm ALLES WIRD GUT vom Max Ophüls Preis in Saarbrücken über Cannes und Studenten-Oscar bis zur Oscar-Nacht in Los Angeles keine Erfolgsetappe ausgelassen hat und dennoch im Sommer das Drehbuch seines ersten Langfilms vorlegen wird.
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    Good bye, Heinz Badewitz

    We are so terribly sad to learn that our friend Heinz Badewitz, founder and director of the Hofer Filmtage, has passed. We just met him a few days ago at the Diagonale opening night, laughing and full of wit and energy, starting to prepare the 50th anniversary of his festival. We still can't believe it, Heinz, that you're gone, we'll miss you.
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    Berlinale 2016: TOMCAT wins Teddy Award

    After its world premiere at the Berlinale Panorama Special TOMCAT, Händl Klaus' second feature length movie, an absorbing drama about a solid and happy gay couple facing loss and a deep breach of confidence,  was awarded the Teddy Award . The prize launched in 1987 by the Berlinale Panorama is the only official LGBTIQ film prize at an A-festival worldwide.
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    «I can't explain our existence and I don't have the comfort of a religion.»

    Händl Klaus
    Händl Klaus talks about TOMCAT, an intensely absorbing drama about loss and love,  selected for Panorama Special 2016

    DIE GETRÄUMTEN ... einer  «der stärksten Momente auf dem Festival bisher», FAZ

    mehr zur FAZ- Besprechung von Ruth Beckermanns DIE GETRÄUMTEN
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    «I wanted them to be heroes.»

    Patric Chiha
    World premiere of Patric Chiha's BROTHERS OF THE NIGHT, hosted by Panorama Dokumente. We talked to the director...
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    «By being so radically absent, human beings are all the more present.»

    Nikolaus Geyrhalter
    Nikolaus Geyrhalter talks about HOMO SAPIENS a haunting meditation on the fragility of human existence. The film is part of the 2016 Berlinale Forum selection.
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    «This love has the character of a dream.»

    Ruth Beckermann
    Ruth Beckermann discusses her latest project THE DREAMED ONES based on the correspondence between Ingeborg Bachmann and Paul Celan, which marks a departure for her by venturing into feature film territory.
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    Berlinale 2016: BROTHERS OF THE NIGHT by Patric Chiha at Panorama Dokumente

    Patric Chiha’s BROTHERS OF THE NIGHT (Brüder der Nacht) adds to the Austrian line-up at the upcoming 66th Berlinale. Chiha’s gentle and colorful portraits of young Bulgarian Roma who come to Vienna in order to make quick money by selling their bodies will be part of  Panorama Dokumente.
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    Berlinale 2016: TOMCAT by Händl Klaus at Panorama Special

    The Berlinale 2016 has announced its first Austrian pick: TOMCAT by Händl Klaus, an intensely absorbing drama about loss and love, starring Philipp Hochmair and Lukas Turtur, is selected for Panorama Special.
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    ONE OF US wins Max Ophüls Prize 2016

    Great Max Ophüls Film Festival 2016 for young Austrian cinema:  After 2012 (Michael) and 2013 (The Shine of the Day), the Max Ophüls Prize went again to an Austrian filmmaker: Stephan Richter’s directorial debut ONE OF US was honored with this renowned newcomer award for German-speaking cinema. The Austrian-German co-porduction GIRLS DON’T FLY took the Best Documentary award and Christoph Rainer won Best Short Film for PITTER PATTER GOES MY HEART.
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    Daniel Hoesl returns to IFFR Rotterdam

    Daniel Hoesl
    WINWIN, his  second feature film, starring Christoph Dostal, Stephanie Cumming, Jeff Ricketts, and Nahoko Fort-Nishigam is part of the Voices – ID: The Generic Self selection at the 54th Rotterdam Film Festival. After questioning the value of money with his recent film Soldate Jeannette Daniel Hoesl is now up to question the power of money.
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    Berlinale Forum with new films by Ruth Beckermann and Nikolaus Geyrhalter

    The Berlinale Forum line-up includes new and profoundly different films by two Austrian documentary directors: THE DREAMED ONES by Ruth Beckermann and HOMO SAPIENS by Nikolaus Geyrhalter.

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    «We are definitely all losers.»

    Daniel Hoesl
    WINWIN is the title of the new feature produced by the European Film Conspiracy Association which satirically questions the power of money. Read more in an interview with director Daniel Hoesl and the artistic co-conspirator Julia Niemann.
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    Oscars 2016: EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY nominated for Best Short

    Studend Academy Award Winner Patrick Vollrath will be running for an Oscar in the Best Live Action Short Film category.

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